COVID-19 cases in Hungary increase to nearly 34,000 with 816 new infections

Twenty-four Covid-19 patients have died in the past 24 hours, while the number of registered coronavirus infections in Hungary has risen by 816 to 33,114, koronavirus.gov.hu said on Wednesday morning.

The number of fatalities stands at 877, and 9,149 people have made a recovery.

There are 23,088 active infections and 656 Covid-19 patients are being treated in hospital, 41 on ventilators.

Altogether 20,319 people are in official home quarantine and 781,023 tests have been carried out.

The website warned Hungarians to observe social distancing guidelines and hygiene regulations.

In addition to shops and public transport, wearing a mask is now mandatory in cinemas, theatres, health and social institutions and public offices, and clubs have to close by 11pm to curb the spread of the virus.

Entry restrictions for travellers from abroad remain in force.

The deputy head of the duty centre of the Operational Group responsible for the fight against the coronavirus epidemic Lt. Colonel Róbert Kiss  yesterday said the government decree on the entry of Hungarian nationals returning from the Czech Republic, Poland and Slovakia and the entry of Czech, Polish and Slovak nationals entered into effect on Tuesday. This government decree will remain in force until 1 November.

According to his information, Hungarian nationals and their family members returning to Hungary from the Czech Republic, Poland or Slovakia who had a valid hotel booking in one of these countries for the day preceding the day of entry – which was made prior to the entry into force of the government decree – are relieved from disease control observation with the negative result of one PCR test performed after returning home.

The legal rule also lays down that Czech, Polish and Slovak nationals are allowed to enter the territory of Hungary if they are able to prove that they have a booking for minimum one day during the period extending to 31 October at any accommodation facility in Hungary and have negative PCR tests performed maximum five days before entry.

Mr Kiss said from 11.00 p.m. Hungarian time, the rules relating to entry into Romania will change; however, they are asking those travelling to Romania to inform themselves about the latest conditions as the rules adopted by the Romanian government are not yet fully in the public domain.

Regarding border traffic, he said in incoming cargo traffic there are three-hour waits at the Röszke motorway border crossing station and Tompa, while in passenger traffic those intending to enter Hungary should expect a two-hour wait at Beregsurány.

Most infections have been registered in Budapest (11,572), followed by Pest County (4,324) and the counties of Győr-Moson-Sopron (1,805), Borsod-Abaúj-Zemplén (1,672), Hajdú-Bihar (1,498), Fejer (1,402) and Csongrád-Csanád (1,398). Tolna County has the fewest infections (313).

Latest count of confirmed COVID-19 cases worldwide

The following are the latest updates on the COVID-19 global confirmed cases in hardest-hit countries by the Center for Systems Science and Engineering at Johns Hopkins University at 0500 GMT, Oct. 7.

Country Confirmed Cases

World 35,733,340

U.S. 7,500,964
India 6,685,082
Brazil 4,969,141
Russia 1,231,277
Colombia 869,808
Peru 829,999
Spain 825,410
Argentina 824,468
Mexico 794,608

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Source: MTI/Xinhua